November 4, 2008

• Taxi-London.Net

  The History
  The Black Cabs' history goes back to the time of horse-drawn cabs which were called Hackney Cabs. (…)

October 21, 2008

• Attention drinkers: Getting a cab is easier than you may think

  It happens more than you think.
  Someone enjoys themselves a little too much at a local bar and decides to drive home. (…)

July 22, 2008

• The most hated cabbie in the world

  IT'S a sight that sickens even the most jaded taxi driver: A hotel doorman greeting tourists as they spill out of the casino, ready for a night on the town, and the doorman herds them right into … a limousine. (…)

• Long Beach taxi driver sees gas prices burn up his profits

  Pacing around his shiny yellow taxi at Long Beach Airport, the 38-year-old father of five anxiously eyed the trickle of luggage-lugging travelers exiting the terminal. (…)

• Off-duty officer in crash with cab

  An off-duty Denver police officer was injured Sunday evening in a crash with a cab driver. (…)

• Hail a Cab, Hail a Culture

  CARTEGENA, Colombia – I think it was the English writer Alan Bennett who said that, for him, taxis were not the black boxes he found in London, but the "yellow projectiles" that hurtle through intersections in New York. (…)

• Bandits Allegedly Steal, Crash Taxi Cab

  LOS ANGELES A man and a woman carried out an abortive carjacking, stole a cab driver's phone, then took an unattended taxi at a Hollywood hotel and led police on a chase that ended when they crashed into a business in the Fairfax Village area, police said. (…)

• Stolen taxi crashes into LA coffee shop

  LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles police say what started as an attempted carjacking led to a taxi smashing into a coffee shop, ending a wild midnight crime spree.
  Two people are under arrest.  
  Lt. (…)

July 20, 2008

• Do Green Taxis Equal Unsafe Taxis?

  Late last year Mayor Bloomberg decided New York's legendary fleet of 13,148 yellow cabs should go green, fast. The city mandated that all new taxis going into service after Oct. (…)

• After Hail-a-Taxi's Approval, a Cabbie Breathes a Sigh of Relief

  Garnik Rostami has spent seventeen years on the streets of Los Angeles county as a cab driver, with the last decade or so focused on the Downtown area. (…)

• Trial program will let L.A.'s taxis operate more like N.Y.'s

  A six-month trial will allow cabbies to pick up and drop off fares in certain areas that have been off limits to them. (…)

• Nissan, GM, Ford Commit Hybrids to NYC Taxi Fleet

  New York City will add 300 hybrids to its yellow taxi fleet each month, as a result of a new deal with three automanufacturers.
  Mayor Michael R. (…)

• NYC speeds hybrid taxi switch

  New York City will be adding 300 hybrids a month to its taxi fleet, thanks to an agreement with automakers. (…)

• Cabbie Says It's A 'War On'

  ST. PETERSBURG - A 49-year-old cabdriver was robbed Wednesday night, the fourth such incident in less than a week, police say.
  The cabdriver was dispatched to 2310 First Ave. S. at 9:51 p.m., said St. (…)

• Cab driver leads police to suspect in Pleasantville

  PLEASANTVILLE - A taxi driver helped police nab a fellow cabbie Wednesday night. (…)

• Cabby runs into biker on Greenwich St.

  A cab struck and injured a Tribeca cyclist turning off Greenwich St. Tuesday.
  According to witnesses, the cab was turning left onto Franklin St. at about 6 p.m. (…)

• Fare Warning

  Cabbies Accuse Hotel Bellhops of Shady Scheme
  THE CITY OF PORTLAND is under increasing pressure to take action against downtown bellhops for taking alleged kickbacks from town-car drivers in exchange for pushing cut-rate rides to the airport. http://www.portlandmercury.com/news/fare_warning/content?oid=837164
  City regulations require town-car service providers to charge customers traveling between downtown and the airport a minimum of $50. (…)

• Town cars — Let the rider beware

  Behind that sleek façade, there could be trouble

  Step off a ferry at Colman Dock and you'll see them. (…)

• THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON HERE

  DEAR MERCURY—Regarding the article "Fare Warning" [News, July 10]: I wanted to let you know that this is a serious problem among downtown hotels. (…)

July 17, 2008

• Cabbies ask town for hike in rates

  Facing rising gas prices, the town's six taxi companies are asking selectmen for permission to increase their fares 50 cents per mile. (…)